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would we ask karzai - we are not in a position to do that. you have general petraeus but never met with an iraqi official policy had ambassador ryan crocker right there with him. he is the unsung hero of the surge in 2000 he wrote. he is a constant diplomat and he speaks fluent arabic. he is one of the real heroes and there is that close interaction. in 2005, we were complaining about afghanistan. now we are complaining about afghanistan. what we were able to do was to get a partnership in iraq in 2007. afghanistan, not the case. there were leaked memos from the embassy in kabul that our ambassador had his own idea about what would work and would not work in afghanistan and he did not think the counterinsurgency strategy would work. they had a problem. for a couple of reasons, they did not see eye to eye with the u.s. commander. the commanders are now the nato commanders and they do not answer to the u.s. ambassador. it is a coalition warfare with all the problems that it entails. there was the u.k. advisor -- ambassador to kabul. but i do no
would we ask karzai - we are not in a position to do that. you have general petraeus but never met with an iraqi official policy had ambassador ryan crocker right there with him. he is the unsung hero of the surge in 2000 he wrote. he is a constant diplomat and he speaks fluent arabic. he is one of the real heroes and there is that close interaction. in 2005, we were complaining about afghanistan. now we are complaining about afghanistan. what we were able to do was to get a partnership in iraq...
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president karzai continues to be concerned about the contractors in afghanistan. i'm just wondering if you have some current sense of what the department is doing to help alleviate those concerns and what is plan b is. >> you know, i frankly know i'll miss what i've read on it, poured in. it sounds as we clearly have been working. general petraeus as well as embassy kabul, very closely with president karzai and his team on trying to fashion the most responsible way forward in this regard. president karzai has made it abundantly clear that he wants to do away with private security contractors as quickly as he can, but also as responsibly as he can. he has made exceptions for static protection of certain diplomatic facilities and that would be encouraging them responsible. they are voicing concerns about the impact about pulling the rug out on private security contractors on ngos by taking their contractors to the way precipitously and the impact that would have on development projects. and that would -- obviously our efforts in afghanistan are not just driven by se
president karzai continues to be concerned about the contractors in afghanistan. i'm just wondering if you have some current sense of what the department is doing to help alleviate those concerns and what is plan b is. >> you know, i frankly know i'll miss what i've read on it, poured in. it sounds as we clearly have been working. general petraeus as well as embassy kabul, very closely with president karzai and his team on trying to fashion the most responsible way forward in this regard....
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>> is important that president karzai have confidence in the entire team. and i think many people enjoy, at a number of different levels on that team, good relationships with president karzai. >> so what would not be inaccurate for us to assume that from the president's perspective, general mcchrystal 's capability and maturity are now open to question? >> i think there are open questions based on actions that reported in that article that the president seeks to speak to general mcchrystal about. >> one of the underlying themes of the article, separate from general mcchrystal's more controversial comments, is the frustration that rank-and-file soldiers have with the rules of engagement and the frustration -pof deallng with the realitiesf trying to prosecute the counterinsurgency strategy on the ground on a day-to-day basis. separating mcchrystal from that analysis and that theme in the article, how concerned is the president about that, that rank- aad-file soldiers find themselves -- if they are being accurately represented in this article -- trapped by lim
>> is important that president karzai have confidence in the entire team. and i think many people enjoy, at a number of different levels on that team, good relationships with president karzai. >> so what would not be inaccurate for us to assume that from the president's perspective, general mcchrystal 's capability and maturity are now open to question? >> i think there are open questions based on actions that reported in that article that the president seeks to speak to...
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karzai lacks legitimacy, and he's unpopular in this country. so this really will depend on achieving security, which i think is achievable, good governance, which is a big question mark, and of course, with good governance comes, you know, with our own money investment for jobs, jobs, jobs. without jobs, jobs, jobs afghanistan will not be a positive scenario in the future. but saying that, i must conclude by pointing out that this is not going to affect our domestic national security. as we see with the last three plots the underwear bomber came from yemen -- well, was helped in yemen. came from nigeria and london. the attack on the danish cartoonist came from somalia. and major hasan came from washington, d.c. thank you very much. [applauding] [inaudible conversations] >> peter has to leave at 11:00, so he should take the first few questions. there is a microphone in the back of the room for anyone who would like to ask a question. [inaudible conversations] >> my name is mustafa malik. i work some 30 years as a journalist in the united states.
karzai lacks legitimacy, and he's unpopular in this country. so this really will depend on achieving security, which i think is achievable, good governance, which is a big question mark, and of course, with good governance comes, you know, with our own money investment for jobs, jobs, jobs. without jobs, jobs, jobs afghanistan will not be a positive scenario in the future. but saying that, i must conclude by pointing out that this is not going to affect our domestic national security. as we see...
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>> i think we are in a situation where we have to say to president karzai they have to make a decision. we have made a lot effort to get the conditions. you have this to make. i think he is going to make that decision. they knew to be able to save that they will have portable water or women right. it is very important. so we cannot afford to do this. they are ready for the reality that is coming your way. >> we need to make your the people have the troops said they need to be successful. what i will not do is not vote to send our troops in harm's way and then vote against the funding. we need to look at the rules of engagement. our friends and neighbors are defending our country. we have got to win. too many people risked and lost their lives. >> i like here assessment. we do not hear much about what has gone on since the combat operations and did. there have been reports a member of the awakening council. they have been helping american forces. they have returned to their rebel ways. after several years, did we win. >> i know we are heading in that direction. for we have got to make s
>> i think we are in a situation where we have to say to president karzai they have to make a decision. we have made a lot effort to get the conditions. you have this to make. i think he is going to make that decision. they knew to be able to save that they will have portable water or women right. it is very important. so we cannot afford to do this. they are ready for the reality that is coming your way. >> we need to make your the people have the troops said they need to be...
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how can you lecture hamid karzai about corruption when so many of these corrupt people are on the u.s. payroll? and on the middle east, do you believe that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu should extend the settlement moratorium as a gesture to peace? and if he doesn't, what are you prepared to do to stop the palestinians from walking? >> okay. on afghanistan, we are in the midst of a very difficult but very important project. i just want to remind people why we're there -- the day before september 11th. we're there because that was the place where al qaeda launched an attack that killed 3,000 americans. and we want to make sure that we dismantle al qaeda, and that afghanistan is never again used as a base for attacks against americans and the american homeland. now, afghanistan is also the second poorest country in the world. it's got an illiteracy rate of 70 percent. it has a multiethnic population that mistrusts, oftentimes, each other. and it doesn't have a tradition of a strong, central government. so what we have done is to say we are going to, after seven years of drif
how can you lecture hamid karzai about corruption when so many of these corrupt people are on the u.s. payroll? and on the middle east, do you believe that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu should extend the settlement moratorium as a gesture to peace? and if he doesn't, what are you prepared to do to stop the palestinians from walking? >> okay. on afghanistan, we are in the midst of a very difficult but very important project. i just want to remind people why we're there -- the...
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that is a real achievement, and we should congratulate president karzai on it. president obama and i also discussed the economy. we're both taking action that our countries need. our destination is a strong and stable growth, a sustained economic recovery, and a reformed financial system that will never again be open to the abuses of the past. we are confident that the right steps were taken at the toronto g-20 summit to help achieve that. the middle east was the third area that we focused on today. we both want a secure, peaceful and stable middle east. and that means two things -- first, as barack has just said, iran must give up its pursuit of a nuclear weapon. we urge the iranian regime to resume negotiations with the international community without delay. it's not too late for it to do so. america and britain, with our partners, stand ready to negotiate, and to do so in good faith. but in the absence of a willing partner, we will implement with vigor the sanctions package agreed by the united nations security council, and in europe we will be taking further
that is a real achievement, and we should congratulate president karzai on it. president obama and i also discussed the economy. we're both taking action that our countries need. our destination is a strong and stable growth, a sustained economic recovery, and a reformed financial system that will never again be open to the abuses of the past. we are confident that the right steps were taken at the toronto g-20 summit to help achieve that. the middle east was the third area that we focused on...
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they talk about their fraud investigation and eventual victory by hamid karzai. they discuss the presidential elections for this may. it was held at the u.s. institute of peace in washington, d.c. >> good morning, everyone. we can proceed. thank everyone for coming. my name is john dempsey with the u.s. institute of peace, based in afghanistan. i have the privilege of actually being here in washington this week for this, our first public event on afghanistan of 2010. i'm so happy we have such a good turnout, i recognize some faces here, see a lot of people i haven't seen around before and i look forward to a frank discussion with our distinguished panelist today on a subject that clearly has been getting a lot of attention over the last year, given what we saw in the difficult election season in afghanistan last year but that also has not yet gone away. i think once we got through the difficult process of the elections last year, people were breathing a collective sigh of relief that we moved on and could actually get on with governance and moving toward with str
they talk about their fraud investigation and eventual victory by hamid karzai. they discuss the presidential elections for this may. it was held at the u.s. institute of peace in washington, d.c. >> good morning, everyone. we can proceed. thank everyone for coming. my name is john dempsey with the u.s. institute of peace, based in afghanistan. i have the privilege of actually being here in washington this week for this, our first public event on afghanistan of 2010. i'm so happy we have...
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i have been offering everything to karzai. nothing in pakistan. only india. we are being stabbedn the back. what should isi do? it is supposed to protect pakistan's interests. therefore, the united states must understand what is happening. and i say this very openly to everyone. help pakistan stop all this. there must not be a proxy war there. i totally agree with you. but please understand who is doing it. and why it is happening. >> you made some remarks earlier of regarding the conduct of military operations in afghanistan. can you make some suggestions regarding the local tribes, leaders, etc.? it seems to run the country to the least official strategy of building of the afghan army and the national police. d.c. a possibility of your ideas or similar ones of them powering tribes and local leaders could take place? is there anybody that will listen to this? where are we doomed to fail because of this idea that we need to build national institutions? >> it is not in conflict. the conflict -- the national army and police, we can raise them to a level, that i
i have been offering everything to karzai. nothing in pakistan. only india. we are being stabbedn the back. what should isi do? it is supposed to protect pakistan's interests. therefore, the united states must understand what is happening. and i say this very openly to everyone. help pakistan stop all this. there must not be a proxy war there. i totally agree with you. but please understand who is doing it. and why it is happening. >> you made some remarks earlier of regarding the conduct...
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and president karzai has appointed members of the peace council. i think ambassador holbrooke has indicated now, now that we've got these -- the structure in place and these individuals in place, we expect this process to accelerate. >> he being a non-pashtun, would that have an impact on the peace -- he being a non-pashtun, would that have an impact on the peace process -- the success of the peace process? >> well, the future of afghanistan is going to involve building a civil society that is -- involves pashtuns and other ethnic groups. so we certainly believe in a inclusive afghanistan society, various groups that perhaps have been in the conflict in the past that can come together and join forces for the benefit of afghanistan. that is the essence of the political process that is getting underway. >> and one of the major reasons for the reconciliation effort of the foot soldiers not changing their sites is the reconciliation programs are very poorly funded, they don't have enough money to fund those foot soldiers. is there an effort to increase
and president karzai has appointed members of the peace council. i think ambassador holbrooke has indicated now, now that we've got these -- the structure in place and these individuals in place, we expect this process to accelerate. >> he being a non-pashtun, would that have an impact on the peace -- he being a non-pashtun, would that have an impact on the peace process -- the success of the peace process? >> well, the future of afghanistan is going to involve building a civil...
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train together, planning together, and fighting together general petraeus has worked with president karzai to develop a plan to locally recruited forces that will be accountable to the central government and will also give local communities the means to defend themselves. we are committed to enforcing a hard line against the corruption that exploits the people and saps their support for the government. that includes making sure that american tax dollars and other assistance is not being misused. all of these efforts will help build the trust and to the self- reliance that the afghans will need to govern and protect themselves for the long term. encouraging that self-reliance is wide beginning irresponsible transition to the control next summer is so important, that being said, as the president has frequently noted, we are not turning off the lights next july. as in iraq, our drawdown will be gradual and conditions as based accompanied by a buildup of our military assistance and civilian development efforts. if the taliban believes that america is headed for the exit next summer in large nu
train together, planning together, and fighting together general petraeus has worked with president karzai to develop a plan to locally recruited forces that will be accountable to the central government and will also give local communities the means to defend themselves. we are committed to enforcing a hard line against the corruption that exploits the people and saps their support for the government. that includes making sure that american tax dollars and other assistance is not being...
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. >> the president was directly engaged on this question when president saudari and president karzai traveled in march 2009 as part of the trilateral meeting. i would say as i mentioned in my announcement, one of the important developments that of the announcement relating to ukraine is we understand the concentration of these types of materials in the former soviet republics. >> [inaudible] could come to the united states. i you concerned that the u.s. -- are you concerned that the u.s. [inaudible] >> the goal of this summit and the reason the president is concerned is our genuine concern about the security environment in which this material is held. we do not worry about the security environment with which the material is held in this country. whether that is in different places around the country. the presidency's as john mentioned, the threat of this type of material falling into the hands of someone who wants to use it for their evil designs as the number one security face we threat as a world -- security threat we face is a world. this is the type of announcement that we would
. >> the president was directly engaged on this question when president saudari and president karzai traveled in march 2009 as part of the trilateral meeting. i would say as i mentioned in my announcement, one of the important developments that of the announcement relating to ukraine is we understand the concentration of these types of materials in the former soviet republics. >> [inaudible] could come to the united states. i you concerned that the u.s. -- are you concerned that the...
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the reporter asked him, "how do you deal with president karzai? how did you deal with someone as difficult as president karzai?" he said, "i listened to him." what a revolutionary idea, to listen to what the other side says. not that we agree with it, not that we necessarily accept it or like it, but at least listen. if we are not listening to people -- we can always talk to our friends, of course, but if we do not listen to people who disagree with us, we will end up in a very bad place. >> let me thank our two speakers for a wonderful presentation. they were very candid in answering the questions. please join us for lunch. [applause] >> president obama signed into law that makes communication technologies more excess of all to people with disabilities. from the white house east room, this is 10 minutes. [applause] >> hello, everybody. it is good to see you. everybody, please, have a seat. it is wonderful to see all of you here today, to be with all of you. i want to make some special acknowledgments. we have some legislators here who have been f
the reporter asked him, "how do you deal with president karzai? how did you deal with someone as difficult as president karzai?" he said, "i listened to him." what a revolutionary idea, to listen to what the other side says. not that we agree with it, not that we necessarily accept it or like it, but at least listen. if we are not listening to people -- we can always talk to our friends, of course, but if we do not listen to people who disagree with us, we will end up in a...
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in his cabinet to washington, d.c. -- president karzai and his cabinet to washington, d.c. also in india from may 23 until june 4, r u.s. quarter for international communications and public policy will pleaded delegation from the department of state, the federal communications commission, and other departments. we will be in u.s.a.i.d. areas to participate in a forum with the government of bangladesh. it is a country-specific element of the feed the future initiative. he will also take part in specific talks during the strategic and economic dialogue. he held bilateral meetings with coltrane ministers from bangladesh and bali -- with cultural ministers from bangladesh and bali. assistant secretary of african affairs has completed his stay in you got that after conducting meetings with a number of officials -- in uganda after conducting meetings with the number of officials yesterday. he will arrive in istanbul tomorrow for a conference on somalia. with that, i will take your questions. >> do you have any update on the hikers in iran? are there any new prospects for their re
in his cabinet to washington, d.c. -- president karzai and his cabinet to washington, d.c. also in india from may 23 until june 4, r u.s. quarter for international communications and public policy will pleaded delegation from the department of state, the federal communications commission, and other departments. we will be in u.s.a.i.d. areas to participate in a forum with the government of bangladesh. it is a country-specific element of the feed the future initiative. he will also take part in...
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basically defending karzai and talk over 2003 when the u.n. gave us a mandate to spread about the rest of the country. and then, like a good military staff, isaf developed a plan. and this is iss actual planned. the map of isaf for spreading our forces. our forces around the rest of the country. first we went north. our friends, northern alliance. and midwest, more friends. and starting in 2006, the south and east. that's when the suicide attacks explode against our troops in the south. the suicide attackers are not just afghan nationals. their pashtuns from the south and east. and by the way, six months later, we have an explosion of suicide terrorism in pakistan in the western regions of pakistan, which are also pashtuns. because while we're directly occupying the past year and homeland in afghanistan, the same time we put pressure on musharraf to take 100,000 pakistani afghan troops, moved them from the eastern part of the country and put them on the western part of the country to essentially and directly occupy the other half of the passio
basically defending karzai and talk over 2003 when the u.n. gave us a mandate to spread about the rest of the country. and then, like a good military staff, isaf developed a plan. and this is iss actual planned. the map of isaf for spreading our forces. our forces around the rest of the country. first we went north. our friends, northern alliance. and midwest, more friends. and starting in 2006, the south and east. that's when the suicide attacks explode against our troops in the south. the...
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i get the opposite impression from people ranging from a police chief outside kandahar to president karzai. all of whom say that the fact that we have set a date for withdrawal, that we will be withdrawing has cost zero ripple effect -- has caused a ripple effect that is damaging to our ability to succeed. does not give him a sense of urgency. what gives him is a sense of survival. and it does not give the taliban the sense they are about to be extended. it gives them the impression that all they have to do is hang on -- they are not about to be exterminated. a high ranking taliban has said, you have the watches. we have the time. if it were condition based alone, there were be no one more supportive than this member. but condition based and saying that we would be withdrawn no matter what has sent a signal throughout the region from india to iran to pakistan to afghanistan, hang on, adjust to the new realities that the united states is leading. the president made the announcement -- the u.s. is leaving. the president made the announcement with no military recommendation to do so whatsoeve
i get the opposite impression from people ranging from a police chief outside kandahar to president karzai. all of whom say that the fact that we have set a date for withdrawal, that we will be withdrawing has cost zero ripple effect -- has caused a ripple effect that is damaging to our ability to succeed. does not give him a sense of urgency. what gives him is a sense of survival. and it does not give the taliban the sense they are about to be extended. it gives them the impression that all...
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they treated, it -- they treated hamid karzai poorly and were upset when he responded in kind. they have created a major breach with israel, our closest ally in the the middle east. let's remind the president, jerusalem is not a supplement, and israel is our friend. -- jerusalem is not a settlement, and israel is our friend. north korea and iran want nukes. yes we can alienate allies and coddle our enemies. someone needs to tell our president that it just because we can and does not mean we should. [applause] so, now they are revising that slogan for 2010. they have done a $two trillion health-care takeover. they are proclaiming loudly "yes we did." i would not be so proud to slap that on a bumper sticker, not just yet. i think conservatives can come up with programs people will like better than that like "repealed and replaced." and, how is that hopey changey thing working out for you now? and my favorite, do not retreat, reload, and that is not a call for violence. [applause] [applause] that, of course, means take an opportunity to engage in that debate. it is not a call for
they treated, it -- they treated hamid karzai poorly and were upset when he responded in kind. they have created a major breach with israel, our closest ally in the the middle east. let's remind the president, jerusalem is not a supplement, and israel is our friend. -- jerusalem is not a settlement, and israel is our friend. north korea and iran want nukes. yes we can alienate allies and coddle our enemies. someone needs to tell our president that it just because we can and does not mean we...